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DHS Reauthorization Moves A Step Closer With Approval By Senate Committee

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

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DHS Reauthorization Moves A Step Closer With Approval By Senate Committee

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.).

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to reauthorize to essentially codify existing authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the House passed a similar bill last summer.The committee’s version of the bill would change the current National Protection and Programs Directorate to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and establish two divisions, one for Infrastructure Security and the other Cybersecurity. This provision isn’t in the House bill although the House…

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